Preservation—Future Directions Symposia
The Preservation Directorate of the Library of Congress, in its role as the Regional Center for Preservation and Conservation for IFLA in North America, periodically hosts invitational events focusing on future directions in preservation.
| Date | Conference | Brief Description |
|---|---|---|
| July 24-25, 2008 | Summit of Research Scientists in Preservation | Approximately 30 senior conservation scientists were convened at LC to share the objectives of scientific research in which they are currently engaged and to identify essential lines of research needed to meet today’s preservation challenges. Symposium: Scientific Collaboration Key to Preserving the Human Record provides a summary of the meeting. |
| May 15-16, 2008 | Preservation Education in the 21st Century | Approximately 60 preservation and conservation leaders, educators, and employers responsible for the preservation of document collections in libraries, archives and museums in the US and abroad convened to distill and synthesize their cumulative experience and vision to identify preservation education priorities for the 21st century. Symposium: Education Key to Preserving National Heritage, An article appearing in The Gazette, an internal publication of the Library of Congress, June 6, 2008. |
| February 25, 2008 | Safety Net: Networking for Disaster Response | Approximately 30 directors and staff representing US Federal libraries were convened by LC to develop a framework for a network of federal libraries to share mutual assistance in the greater Washington, D. C. region. |
| December 7, 2006 | Safeguarding Document Collections, Part II | Meeting convened by LC to update stakeholders on LC's planning strategy and elicited ideas and feedback to help the subsequent shaping of the Library Services Strategic Plan with regard to preservation objectives. Three focus groups discussed research, emergency mitigation, training and other preservation needs and objectives. |
April 20-21, 2006 |
Safeguarding Document Collections | Meeting convened by LC to gather oral histories of "first preservers" or conservators who aided library and archive collections in the wake of the 2005 hurricane season and review findings of the Heritage Health Index survey pertinent to emergency preparedness for collections and future funding needs. |